Hat-badge.



H. I. W. ARNOLD.

HAT BADGE.

APPLICATION FILED PBB.20,1909.

Patented July 13, 1909.

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HENRY F. W. ARNOLD, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAT-BADGE No. 927,768. Specification of Application filed February 20, 1909.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. W. ARNOLD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newton, in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Badges, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this is the effecting of means for displaying badges, insignia and other characteristic or ornamental configurations upon the outer surface of hats and other head-wear, which shall at the same time be capable of instant display or removal from sight.

Referring to the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gentlemans hat provided with my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line XX in Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the line Y Y in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an. edge View of the device separate from the hat. Fig. 5 is a modified form of the actuating handle for turning the device.

The hat 1 to which my invention is applied is of the usual construction, having a ribbon or hat-band 2 secured about it. The plate 3 bearing the insignia or other characters to be displayed near one end thereof, is introduced between the outer surface of the hat and the hat-band, preferably by means of a pivot 4 penetrating the hat and sweatband 5, and provided within the hat with a turning device, as a knob, button or the ring 7. The type of pivot which I prefer to employ is a so-called McGill fastener which is inserted through a suitable hole in the sweatband and hatside, and through a small rectangular slit in the plate 3 after which the ends of the fastener are bent back against the face of said plate, as indicated in Figs. 4 and 3. The tight fit of said fastener in said plate enables the latter to be turned by the rotation of the knob or button.

The knob or button 6 may be the folds of the metal, as shown in Fig. 3, or a head suitably {Ll'liXGCl to the metal legs, as in Fig. 5. An elongated head is preferable to a circular one where the same is quite small, to better permit the fingers of the users hand to turn it.

The insignia bearing plate is shown as visible and displaying its characters, in Figs. 1 and 3, but as depressed into its invisible position, in Fig. 2.

Letters Patent. Patented July 13, 1909.

Serial No. 479,242.

By having the pivot of the plate or member 3 rigid therewitn, the turn given to the pivot swings said member either up into sight, or down behind the hat-band.

Anyone having this disappearing badge applied to his hat is provided thereby with means for rendering the hat distinguishable at a glance from others placed with his upon a public table or shelf. As the great majority of cases of lost hats arise from error and not from maliciousness, this badge serves to practically eliminate such troubles. Another advantage of the device arises from its capacity for receiving the colors, insignia, and letters of classes, societies, clubs and the like, and so have the same all ready for ex hibitions, processions and other special occasions.

W'hat I claim as my invention and for which I desire Letters Patent is as follows, to wit 1. The combination with a hat having a hat-band about its exterior, of a thin member located between said hat and hat-band, a pivot rigid with said member, and means for rotating said pivot and thereby throwing said member into view.

2. The combination with a hat having a hat-band about its exterior, of a thin member located between said hat and band, a pivot rigid with said member extending through to the interior of the hat, and a turning device on the inner end of said pivot.

3. The combination With a hat having a hat-band about its exterior, of a thin member having a slit near one end, a McGill fastener penetrating said slit and having its feet bent back against the surface of the plate, and turning means at the inner end of said fastener; said fastener loosely passing through suitable holes formed in said hat.

4. The combination with a but having a hat-band about its exterior, of a thin member located between said but and band, an elongated actuating device within the hat, and a pivot loosely )enetrating the hat and rigid with said mem er and device.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing invention, I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of February, 1909.

HENRY F. V. ARNOLD.

IVitnesses:

A. B. UPHAM,

WARREN N. AKnRs. 

